Books by Penelope Chetwode
“This is a longstanding personal favourite. It’s very simple, very candid, very humble. It’s a 51-year-old woman who, in 1961, sets out through rural Andalusia. Like Laurie Lee’s Gloucestershire, this is an Andalusia that doesn’t really exist any more in the same way. It’s very community-based, and all the villages are linked only by mule tracks. Yet everyone speaks the same language, in a broader social sense.” Read more...
The best books on Long-Distance Journeys
Louis Hall, Travel Writer
Interviews where books by Penelope Chetwode were recommended
The best books on Long-Distance Journeys, recommended by Louis Hall
Travelling over long distances offers extraordinary opportunity for reflection and re-orientation, explains Louis Hall—the equestrian travel writer whose new book, In Green, describes his trek through the Alps and Pyrenees. Here, he recommends five classic travel books about long journeys that have stood the test of time.
